Are tea and coffee against the Word of Wisdom?
Question Dear Gramps, One of the questions you answered today dealt with the reason for not drinking tea. The person that wrote you asked if it was because of the tannin in the tea. Your answer was that the Word of Wisdom forbids it. That is not correct, as you...If the Lord would bless some people who left their country contrary to the advise of their leaders, why would He not bless me also?
Question Dear Gramps, Thanks for you reply to my earlier question. My mind was clarified about some things I needed to do. The reason for my asking about the Lord continuing to bless us should we go against the counsel of his leaders is because in at least two...Can I expect Heavenly Father’s blessing to help me find an employer since my reasons are noble?
Question Dear Gramps, Our leaders have counseled us to remain in our native country to help develop the Church. I am planning to leave my country, bring my wife and kids, which means I will also have to be released from a major church calling and take my...Do some difficulties that we experience in life come to us to prove our worthiness and others come as a result of disobedience?
Question Dear Gramps, I accidentally clicked on a link that inadvertently led me to a question posed about how foreordination/predestination and freedom to choose can be non-mutually exclusive. I write to you today to share with you my thoughts and see if you...Is it considered murder to kill an enemy combatant as a soldier in wartime?
Question Dear Gramps, If murder is wrong/breaking a commandment how will the Lord look upon killing another human being during wartime? If I remember right, President David O. McKay gave an amazing piece of sound doctrine regarding this. Again, one of my early...What scriptures will help us resist temptation?
There are three categories of disobedience to God–actions, words and thouights. If we can acquire thought control we can avoid all three forms of disobedience.
How do those taking prescription medication every day observe a proper fast?
The Mormon practice of fasting is to be done in wisdom. Its purposes are to subdue the body and feed the poor. Those taking medication can still accomplish both.
Do you think that the Lord would condone killing rodent pests?
Whether or not a person would be censured by the Lord for killing an animal would depend more on the attitude of the person doing the hunting than on the act itself.